Genre: Novel
Grade A
Notable People: Philip Kerr
Title: The Other Side of Silence
Review: I finally caught up with all the books in Kerr’s Bernie Gunther anthology series (though a new one is due out this month). Our silent and strong secret anti-Nazi is now almost 60 and living in the French Riviera in 1956….a concierge at a luxury hotel But, menace and intrigue don’t stay away for long. This one is in the form of an amazing (often based on real history) yarn involving the great Somerset Maughan- also living there in his declining years. It is not long before Bernie is back involved in the underbelly of the Nazi world. Exceedingly well written with great historical zest..…I can’ t put these babies down.